Effective treatment of traumatic tattoos with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Troilius, Agneta M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Explosion accident; Laser; Nd:YAG; Traffic accident; Traumatic tattoo

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; ASPHALT; EXPLOSIVE; METAL;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INJURY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATTOO;

BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; SKIN; TATTOOING;

EID: 0031913124     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)22:2<103::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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